First off, great for giving the money. > Together, the federal and state governments should make a new commitment to improving access to college and reducing t

First off, great for giving the money. > Together, the federal and state governments should make a new commitment to improving access to college and reducing the often prohibitive burdens debt places on so many students and families. Why are we pushing college? We don't need everyone to have a college degree. We need plumbers, general contractors, electricians. We need the society to not look down on laborers. We need to get high school students into training programs for these careers. We need them to actually think about what they're doing on the job. I went for a walk the other day. There is a woman on a ladder scrapping away at loose the paint. The house is about 100 years old. The wood was original. Even in places where a siding profile changed, the wood is probably 60 years old. She had no face mask. No 7mm plastic tarp 3 ft from the house. No water spray bottle. No paint remover that keeps the dust down. No low temp IR system to make peeling faster. I told her it was lead paint. I said if she kept that up, she'd die (perhaps a bit of an exaggeration on one house, but if she does that at all of them, it will add up). I told her to get a P100 face mask. She said she'd tell her boss. This is basic EPA lead abatement training. There are free videos from the EPA and States (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NKJ6zuVvTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NKJ6zuVvTY). Next day, lead chips on the ground. Her on the ladder as before. We need to train the next generation of intelligent laborers. We don't need more people walking out with Comm. degrees because society told them to go to college.